UNCRPD – Getting Ready to Ratify (2)
Like mentioned last Friday, I went to a conference on the hopefully soon-to-be ratified UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and this Friday, I will attend a second conference about this. Before I received both invitations, I was unaware of the CRPD. My first thought was “Oh I thought there were already rights in place for people with disabilities?” Not so, and I have tried to learn about conventions and optional protocols since then. It’s testing though, remembering article 1 by the time I’ve arrived at article 2 is a bit of a challenge, but challenges don’t scare me. On the contrary.
UNCRPD – Getting Ready to Ratify (1)
"What I’d like to try if I were guaranteed not to fail is to implement the UN Convention on the Rights for People with Disabilities. Too many disabled people all over the world are hurting because of existing inequality, dogma and exclusion. In Ireland for example, people are being denied inclusion and that needs to end now. Getting the Convention ratified so is of major importance, even if/when governments are not interested in doing so."